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P. I. HART. TICKET CASE.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK l. HART, OF NEY YORK, Y.

TICKET-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,457, dated November19, 1889.

Application filed July 5, 1889- Serial No. 316,492. (No model.) i

To all 10700711, 'it 17mg/ concern? Be it known that I, FRANK l. HART,of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Ticket-Case, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in ticket-cases, and has for itsobject to provide a simple convenient receptacle or case capable ofbeing conveniently carried in the pocket, and especially adapted tocontain street-car, ferry, stage, and other tickets.

A further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby when thecase is filled the uppermost ticket may be readily and eX- peditiouslywithdrawn from the case when desired for use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will ybe hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case with the bottom or coverthrown open to admit of the introduction of the tickets into the body ofthe case. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinalscction through the case with the cover closed. view of the case; andFig. 5 is a perspective view of a slightlymodified form of the case, inwhich the tickets are introduced at one side thereof.

The device consists,practically, of two sections-namely, tbody-section10 and a coversection 11. rPhe body-section 10 is preferably made in theform of a rectangular box having an open bottom and a central(preferably rectangular) opening 12 produced in the top. Thebody-section is further provided at one end with a transverse slot 13 ofsufficient width to readily admit of a ticket passing through, and thesaid slot is located close to the top, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 4,in both of which figures the case is illustrated as inverted.

The cover-section 11 consists, ordinarily, of a flanged plate ofsuiticientlength and breadth to cover the open bottom of the body, andthe said cover may be hinged to one end or side Fig. et is an end of thebox and held in a closed position by any approved form of clasp; or thecover may be made to lift entirely from the box, being held inconnection therewith by frictional contact, the flanges passing eitherin engagement with the inner or outer faces of the body-section.

To the inner face of the cover 11, at or near one end of the same, oneextremity of a spring 14: is rigidly secured, which spring is curvedupward, whereby a space is made to intervene the free end of the springand the inner face of the cover, and the upper portion of the saidspring is fiattened to pass beneath the opening 12 in the top of thebodyesection parallel with the said body section. The spring is made ofsuch length that the free end will closely approach the end slot 13 ofthe body, the upperface otsaid spring being essentially in a plane withthe lower edge of the said slot.

In operation when the cover is removed the tickets are placed in thebody-section, the face of one ticket being exposed by reason of theopening 12. Vhen a sufficient number of tickets have been inserted inthe bodysection, the cover is secured to place, whereupon the spring 14,contacting with the under ticket, presses the entire mass upward incontact with the top of the case, whereby as one ticket is removed bybeing slid outward through the slot 13 another ticket is made toimmediately take its place. The tickets are withdrawn by placing thefinger in Contact with the exposed surface of the upper ticket andsliding the same in the direction of the end slot 13.

In the modiiication illustrated in Fig. t the tickets are introduced inthe side. The construction is identical with that shown in Fig. 1,except that the top and bottom of the case are rigidly secured to theend pieces and one side piece, the other side piece being maderemovable, and preferably made to slide upon the top and bottom sectionsof the case, either upon the outer or inner sides of the latter.

Ilavin g thus described my invention, l claim as new an d desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of n'laufacture, aticket-,case comprising a body-section 10', having fixed ends, providedin its top with a slot 12 and a slit 12% iu the top part of one of itsIOO fixed ei1ds,aud a spring 14, secured to the bottom of the body topress the tickets .against the slotted top, one wall of the body Thecombination, with the body lO, having; the slot l2 in its top and thesltlS in one end7 of the hinged lid 1l, adapted to be swung upwardlyaway from the body, and the spring 14, secured at one end to the underface of the lid and of a greater width than the slot 12, substantiallyas set forth.

FRANK I. HART.

fitnessesz J. F. ACKER, Jr., DAVID J. LEES.

